If you would have asked me last school year what I would be doing this school year, I would have told you I would still be an elementary librarian. Apparently, some educators did not see that as a real teaching job. Yes, I’m no longer a librarian, but not because of those comments, but those…
It was freshman year of college, in Fall 2006, when I was first introduced in more detail to Songs of Solomon. Tuesday, Toni Morrison, who won a Noble Prize in Literature in 1993, died at the age of 88. She will be remembered as not only one of the greatest African American Women writers but…
One of the most critical components of students’ academic success is the relationship between home and school. It is just as important for schools to focus on the relationship with parents as they also focus on the instructional core of the building. It is essential schools are targeted in their approach for engaging parents in…
I was the last hire of my school’s administration team. Everyone else had the entire summer to acclimate. I had less than two weeks. During that two-week time span, I went to the Bahamas for a family reunion cruise that was planned two years prior. Whatever is worse than drinking water from a fire hose…
Written By: Barato Britt With educators, students, and communities gearing to welcome another school year, there is a genuine level of excitement in the Indianapolis Near Eastside Community as the promise of a high-quality educational continuum is taking shape. An area rich with school options, traditional public, private, and charter among them, in just under…
Summer break is just about over, and school is just around the corner. Teachers may not be ready, and their students probably aren’t either. However, it is best to start preparing for the inevitable and getting ready to return to the classroom. If teachers are being honest, this is probably not something that most…
As you may have heard, online bullying, also known as cyberbullying, is a growing problem in America. Since the advent of social media, this has been on the radar of policymakers, educators, and tech companies. The trend is not new. However, despite the efforts of the aforementioned, it appears that cyberbullying has actually risen over…
Fierce student advocate and IPS resident La Meca Perkins-Knight has had enough. She resigned from the district where she has served for 13 years, an action she didn’t anticipate taking but believes is a necessary step to move her work forward. While in IPS, she served as a vice president of the Indianapolis Education Association….
My family is a school choice family. I have three children, twins who are rising college sophomores and one that is a rising 7th grader. My twins completed their K-12 education never attending traditional public schools. K-7 they attended Christel House Academy South, a public charter school, and then they finished out grades 8-12 at…
School lunch debt is a problem all over the country. For many families, coming up with enough money for lunch is difficult. Schools feed students without money, but the families still technically owe for the meals. Sometimes people or charitable organizations step forward to pay off the debt, but more often than not, the debt…